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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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